Wesley J Allen

In Bible times:"What is the matter honey? You seem down today.""Oh, nothing much. I just have a toothache.""The tooth worm. You are cursed. The gods will take you. I cannot stay. I must leave or they will get me.""Get back in your place woman. You do not have a right to leave.""Darn I wish the woman's club would hurry up with their Women's Lib promotion." In those days, toothaches were often attributed to the "tooth worm, " a mythical creature believed to bore into teeth.
Because dental decay could lead to life-threatening infections, ancient civilizations developed specialized herbal treatments and aggressive surgical interventions